The Advocacy Service - a free and independent service

Date: 03 Sep 2024

The Nationwide Health and Disability Advocacy Service is a free service that operates independently from all health and disability service providers, government agencies and HDC.

If you want to know more about your rights when using health or disability services, get questions answered, or make a complaint, we can help.

Freephone: 0800 555 050

Discuss your concerns and get help from the Advocacy Service

The Advocacy Service can help you with your concerns about a provider or service.

It is a free service, and advocates are independent of all health and disability service providers and agencies. Advocates can:

You can talk to someone on:

The Advocacy Service must comply with the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994 and the secondary legislation, the Advocacy Guidelines 2005.

We are experiencing high demand for our service. Our team is working hard, but there may be delays in progressing your complaint. Thank you for your patience.